The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-11 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS' How happen; it, if, as the Tory Journals are constantly and pertinaciously asserting, toe present liberal Government is so weak and unstable, and the illiberal Opposition so vigorous and powerful, that the weak and unstable have so long successfully resisted the vigorous and powerful ? This question is worth an answer, because, unless it be answered, the conclusion is inevitable that the liberal Government is a great deal stronger than the illiberal Opposition. Those who weary their readers by eternal repetitions of the state ment that Ministers cannot stand against their po!;tical antagonists, seem, strangely enough, to forget the simple but important fast that they do stand. They re mind us of Dr. Neverout, in the basiesque scene from Molere, who insisted, with the utmost gravity. that the person he was addressing was realla (7ead, notwithstanding the strong presumptive evi dence of life afforded by breathing, walking, talking, and thinking. It was held by a great philosopher that the best proof that people are in existence is the fact that they think. Upon this rule we should be almost inclined to say that our Tory Contemporaries have no existence. Think ing can hardly be an operation of mind with which they are acquainted, or they would hardly reason so illogically as to contend that the present Government is so infirm that it cannot stand, when it has been seen that all the efforts of all their enemies, from the expulsion of Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington down to the present moment, have accomplished nothing against them. What is the real fact of the matter ? Why, the Times, by accident, told the troth the other day, when it said that the great body of the population of the three king doms is opposed to a Tory Administration. There is no doubt of it : and until this state of things be reversed—until the Tories become what they never will be, popular, they must be content to submit to a Reform Ca- bioet. During the whole of last Session, when it came to a aevere trial, Ministers could muster no larger majority in 'the House of Commons than from twenty to thirty votes, while in the House of Lords they were outnumbered on every occasion when the depositaries of hereditary wisdom thought fit to resist a Government measure ; yet the Tories could do nothing ; and why ? For the plainest of all pos sible reasons, a reason which even the Times can perceive, —because Ministers were supported in their endeavours to improve the internal and external condition of the na tion, and to remedy abuses in Church and State, by the good will and good wishes of the people. The peols!e (quoth the Times) were against the Tories." if we are asked how it came to pass that Mioi‘te'es, who enjoyed the confidence of the great body of the inhabitants of England, Scotland, and Ireland, cwsid only muster, at a pinch, a majority so comparatively !small, we reply that the cause is to be found in the defects of the Reform Act. To a certain extent, and only to a certain extent, it abated the evils of the old system ; but it introduced some new ones, such as the 501. tenancy-at-will clause, which the Times, in its day of liberalism, resisted with all its might, though in its day of Toryism it has &en abundant reason to support it. If the rights of the pauper freemen in corporate towns had not been preserved to anzioury and scrupulously by the Tories, and if the Marquis crl: Chandos had not succeeded in foisting into the Reform Act his provisions giving the franchise to small tenants-at-will, who are almost necessarily under the abso lute dictation of their landlords, the result of the last elec tion would have been very different. The success of the Tories in boroughs was owing to the bribery of the poorer 'voters (gererally freemen and relies of the old corpora tions), and in counties to the unhesitating appli cation of the screw by landlords who compelled their humbler tenants to vote against the convic tions of conscience. In any other times than the present it would, perhaps, laavebeen impossible:for any Administration to carry on S'ne affairs of the State with so small a force of friends ir. the Commons, and so large a force of enemies in the Lords. It was notorious that the returns at the last elefetion bore no proportion to the real sense of the nation ; and that if the voice of the people had had free way, and if effect cou'd have been given to it, Ministers would have Possessed a rower even more overwhelming in the Commons than was the power of their enemies in the Lords. The real strength of Minister, was and is out of doors ; and so great has it been that 300 Tories in the lower House, and nearly as many in the upper House, have been usable in a single instance to shake them. The Morning Postof yester day calls the Tories " a great, wealthy, and powerful party," and so undoubtedly it is ; but it is not great, wealthy, nor powerful enough to resist the earnest desire of the mass of the nation for the continuance of a liberal Government. The majority of the people is above the might of the majority of the Lords. Yet, according to the Times a day or two ago, it would be the easiest thing in the world for the Tories at any time to take possession of • Downing -street and the Treasury. The Spaniards thought so of Gibraltar in 1782. Why do not the Tories try the experiment ? What a pity it is, for them that the harvest is not likely to turn out more unfavourably 1 With the aid of a short crop and the new Poor-law they might have been able to accomplish something in the way of converting the sufferin g inhabitants of ma nufacturing districts t o T or yi sm ; but the harvest is snore abundant and better than the Tories anticipated, and the new Poor-law, with the aid of Mr. Oastler to boot, has already failed as a source of agitation in the north. In England, therefore, matters look worse for them now than three or four months ago. " But then (says the Times) loop at Ireland. A little while ago so many abuses and so reauch discontent prevailed in that country, that it would have been impossible for any Tory Administration to have sent a Lord Lieutenant to Dublin with the hope of governing tke country. Now, however, the case is - widely different. Peace prevails in every part of the island : justice is impartially administered, and the law is triumphant. Crime has almost disappeared from the ca lendars at the assizes; so that if a Tory Government were established in England, there is every probability that a Tory Lord Lieutenant might successfully ad minister the affairs of Ireland." Such was the rea soning of the Times last week, and precious reason ing it was truly ! This is another specimen of Tory logic. The argument begins with an admission that the Marquis of Normanby has conciliated and secured the confidence of all parties, and thereby most ef fectually and extensively promoted the tranquillity of Ire land : then comes the sequitur in the Times—that because good Government by a Whig Lord-Lieutenant has produced good-will, and, for the first time for many centuries, established peace and harmony instead of confusion and discord, there fore it would now be very easy for a Tory Lord-Lieute nenant to govern Ireland. Let Lord Haddington try. The truth is that the Tories have just as good a chance in one country as in the other, and if they could, by any acci dent, get into power, they could not keep it even for an other " hundred days." Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington. know better than to make that experiment agaime--Morning Chronicle. Several correspondents have written to us on occasion of the late disgusting and fatal duel at Wimbledon. This ab surd practice of duelling has been written against by the ablest moralists, and preached against by the most pious di vines, and the good sense of the high, and especially the best military and naval circles, has long discounten inced the barbarism. The custom, indeed, may be said to be abolished in good society, unless under circumstances of ex traordinary provocation. If anything were wanting to make this sort of deci.:ion of quarrels perfectly loathsome to every rational person, it would be the late stupid and raffish exhi bition at Wimbledon ; and, for the irrational, perhaps the following extract from a French Paper may serve as a sort of hint that when ese custom descends even to shop-girls, its ruffian:stn may he merged in its absurdity DUELLING EXTRAORDINARY.—A few days ago two gri settras of the Quartier Latin, Paris, after exchanging blows for an inconstant student, decided upon nn appeal to the laws of honour. The fair belligerents fought with pistols, and we re attvridef-t., the ground, in the neighbourhood of the quarries of Nlontrouge, by two dressoi,ikers. After the ex• change of two shots, happily without effect, the seconds de clared that honou r was fully sati,fied ; but the feminine corn. bat ant N, though obliged to submit to the fiat, quitted the tiro Ind unreconciled. Our informant assures us that the pistols were loaded 'with ball."— In another part of our Paper will be found a letter of considerable length and of very great importance, addressed by Lord Brougham to Mr. Wm. Tait, of Edinburgh, in answer to a note from the latter gentleman, requesting to know whethrr there was any truth in th e reports so gene rally cireula•ed, that Lord - Brougha m meant to 644 Scot land this so Isms. It will be seen front the answer of the Node and Le lined Lord, that there is no probability of his cro:sing the Tweed for some fme, a n d th at , conse (Fleetly, Mr. Tait and the other Ilaelica!s of Scotland will cot have the graiiticat . ion of treating him, as they clearly in / Weir: dinner. Lord Brougham 'a letter to ten,led to do, to is not only unusually long, but the Ediuliu-g:; eet-el!er var i e ty: of topics. The advice - lie tenders ett.hr3ce a peculiarly deserving of attention to the people oF o li to impress on their minds that at this nwrni-Ilt• lit' ' al :us I improvement can be effected no great measures of nat:one unles the people themselves show.that their hearts are set upon those mea.ures. On this I principles ; and we point there cannot be two °Orions among the friends of Li uera will undertake to say, that there are not i a t n o y t t he ndis•iduals in sentiment the country who more heartily respond here expressed by Lord Brougham, than the Melbourne that be- Ministry. It is an egre g io us er ror to suppose cause they have not done more in the way of national • improvement, they do not desire to do an ythin , r more. that The great secret of their doing nothing more _ Nye is they were not enabled to proceed f a rther than they lyre gone, owing to the apathy or indifference of the public mind on most great questions o f pu bli c i mproveme nt. Had they been backed, and encoureged, and strengthened by popular support, they would not only not have failed , .in many of the useful measures of reform they introduced into Parliament last Session, but they would have brought other measures equally good under the consideration of the Legislature. The nation are apt to blame Ministers, when all the blame attaches to themselves. Better late than never. Let the people now demand, in loud and energetic tones, those rights and liberties to which they are Ministers, instead of being disappointed or " c !..",:ntled at this, will be gratified to find that a i.ZMonstration is made in favour of more extensive 17:iorms ; and, canseqUntly, will he delighted to car7y, as far as in them lies, those great improvement; into effect.—Morning Advertiser. In ~ yne point, we agree completely with a Ministerial Contemporary who devoted a column of its most excellent philosophy yesterday evening to an essay upon duelling in general, and the late shocking one at Wimbledon-common in particular. " After all," says the Ministerial Journal, " we have perhaps wasted argument upon those who are beyond its reach and upon a practice which, for its ab surdity, deserves to be assailed with contemptuous sarcasm." There arc certain kinds of duels which from the circum stances that give occasion to them, and the manner in which they arc conducted, must be lamented undoubtedly, and in general terms must be condemned, but we do not See how society is to go on without them. They appear to be an unfortunate necessity of civi lization. Again, there are certain kinds of duels— like that fatal one at Wimbledon-common, for instance— winch cannot be contemplated without unmitigated horror and disgust. No man of common sense—no gentleman, at all events—can be at any loss to distinguish between these two sorts of duels which we have in view When our Ministerial Contemporary asks, in such mock energetic terms, " Is it come to this—that the civilized orders in highly-civilized England will not consent to forego the pri vilege of mutual slaughter in some shape or other ?" when our Contemporary asks this question he is so un lucky as to fall into rhetorical nonsense. The really civi lized orders have no more wish for slaughter than they have for robbing on the highway ; but there must be a denier resort when circumstances occur in which no tribunal that society has yet invented can give re dress. As to the late climax of blackguardism and atro city at Wimbledon Common, a Correspondent has dealt with it in so off-hand, and yet so judicious, a manner, that we give his letter in this place as the best commentary upon the transaction. We have only to protest against his finding fault with us for giving publicity to such matters. We cannot help it. When they take place, the public will have the details, and therefore we must give them . THE LATE DUEL. TO THE EDITOR OP THE MORNING POST. Sir—l confess lam a good deal surprised at the fuss you have been making about the late business on Wimbledon Common. Deprived of the air of romance with which it has been endeavoured to surround the incident, the whole affair seems, in plain English, to be, that among a disreputable set of sea%ps, a homicide took place in consequence of a drunken row. There appears to me to be nothing so interesting in a squabble between a broken-down mercer and a broken-down mercenary, that the public can much care about it, except from the accidental fact that a death has been occasioned under circumstances in which a man of good feeling would be sorry that even his enemy should die. The unfortunate man who suffered appears to have gone to bed drunk at six o'clock in the morning, and got up fuddled in the afternoon, just time enough to be shot. I an quite ready to admit that there is in this matter for very serious reflection, but nothing of a nature to elevate into heroes the parties concerned in this raffish adventure. Do, for the sake of the character of actual gentlemen, and of what is of far higher value—public morality—abstain from giving further publicity to this foolish, though lamentable, business. I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant, Monday, Sept. 10. NO NONSENSE. —Morning Post. _ _ _ The accsunt given in the Jamaica Watchman, brought by the last West India mails, of the horrors committed on board one of the slavers lately captured by her Majesty's ship Snake, is well calculated to awaken the most dormant philanthropist. Those who look upon the slave trade, which unhapily still exists, with a general feeling of detesta tion, but who have never acquainted themselves with the details which exhibit in its actual working the atrocity of the system, will read the following extract from the paper to which we have alluded, as describing an instance of bar barity without parallel or comparison in the annals of human wickedness. Bat, alas, such is not the case. The history of the middle passage is a record of such mon strous violations of humanity, that the particulars here recorded can scarcely be said to rise above the ordinary character of its events. This extract is taken from the evidence of two of the captured slaves, who described the sufferings of 2.50 Africans, constituting the cargo, and communicated the following, in addition to other statements : " At first the blacks were taken tolerable care of on board the slayer, but provisions became short, and then the flesh of negroes who had died was corned and boiled for them ; that subsequently live negroes were killed for the purpose on deck, part of their flesh being dressed, and part being corned for use ; that more than one or two people were killed for that special purpose; that the elder negroes, and not the young people, were taken ; that when selected, those who were to be killed were kept on deck, the others were sent below ; upon which the white people (the crew) felled them to the deck with sticks (their screams were heard by all), and then cut their throats, when, of course, the work of pickling and pre paration for food commenced ; that the slaves did not a: first understand they were eating human flesh, but afterwards when they did so, they revolted at it, and much was thrown overboard." Horrible, revolting, sickening, degrading to man's charac ter and nature as this picture is, it can only surprise those who are ignorant of the mass of facts elicited from time to time by the labours of good min to awaken governments and nations to the diabolical wrongs committed by the hand and heart of civilised avarice on an unoffending portion of the human race. The facts brought to light by the illus trious Wilberforce and the no less illustrious Stephen, whose whole lives were dedicated to the suppression of this great enormity, might possilely be doubted by some, if the oblivion of time were allowed to operate without counter action. But no, a horror springs up in our own day, and almost under our own eyes—the equal, not the superior, of the worst horrors which they have been the means of re cording. But the instance before us has one advantage— it is recent. Those who might be disposed to slum ber over past recollections, will not, cannot, must not be permitted to sleep over this. If the Eng lish nation has made great sacrifices, it possesses great claims on the score of these sacrifices to aid the still greater claim which humanity flings into the bosom of any power that rushes forward to pre vent such heinous crimes. Spain and Portugal, though they may disregard the laws of humanity and nature, can not claim to be exempted from the stipulations of treaties. Their want of faith is now before the world in characters so glaring that the execration of mankind must follow if the course be persisted in much longer. The fact is, and often and often has it been inculcated by those who have devoted their time and talents to the subject, that nothing short of an agreement amongst the powers of Europe to make the infamous traffis in human flesh piracy, can arrest its progress. We, as a nation, have so far washed our hands of the crime as to have discontinued its practice and denounced its guilt ; but we shall never have made the full atonement until we shall have succeeded in banishing it from the world by employing our power an-I influence for that purpose.—Morning Herald. ROBBERIES.-Yesterday information of the follow. ins robberies was received by the police :—Between ten and eleven o'clock on Sunday forenoon, from the shop of Miss E. Clark, jeweller, No. 118, Upper Seymour -street, Euston square. a quantity of valuable jewellery, consisting of diamond, turquoise, and cornelian rings and brooches, several lockets set round with pearls, bracelets. necklaces, &e. The roirhery was effected by means of skeleton keys. Between six and seven o'clock the same evening,, from the Rolls' Court West minster, a Brussels carpet, not much worn, about nine yards by four, the property of the Crown, valued at 10/. Informa tion was also received that on the morning of Thursday a man, who called himself Thomas Cooper, decamped from the house of Mrs. God ley , who keeps a beer-shop in Doncaster Gate head, R ot h er h am, Yorkshire, stealin, and taking with him SO/. in gold, in a canvas: purse, which he obtained by break ing open a box in the bed-room of Mrs. Godley, having for some time been a lodger in the house. A reward of 101. has been offered for his apprehension. THE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY AND THE CZAR —I should record (says the Marquis of Londonderry, in his "Tour to the Northern Courts") that, on arrival at every fixed station I found that the Emperor had graciously sent orders for all the authoritieF, civil and military, to receive us with the utmost distinction ; and quarters were provided for U 3 everywhere, either at public offices or private houses. To my great distress, arriving often at a station at four or five in the morning in the bleakest weather, I was forced to wit ness, on turning out of my waggon, officers en grande knee, c:vilans in silk stockings, and troops presenting arms And what mad e it more embarrassing, I never was permitted to defray .ny of the expenses of these receptions, nor was I (Lite an .inili-,r4sador) in a situation to make presents of diamond boxes or rings ; I believe no one not clothed with en official station, and nut a crowned head, ever experienced so honourable and so distinguished a reception._L it is to be wondered at, after this, that the Marquis finds the Emperor to be the most cilum dated of men--with no ambitious views towards the E.lSt--_ :o dream of Constantinople and its Golden Horn—the dearest and best frien.l of England —and the generous and indul geat father of Poland, non obstante such edicts as that for seuer2.ing the poor Sarmatians into Russian culuttes?]—.47orn i,,g h era/ti. A correspondent complains heavily of the conduct o: the bakers in keeping up the price of bread, while in all :to markets of the kingdom the price of grain has declined to Cle extent of 83. and 103. per quarter within the last few necks. It appears that the only benefit which tie bakers' customers in this neighbourhmd have derived from this de. cl i„ i n price is a reduction of ld. per gallon, and this did not take place until Tuesday last. The increase i n th e pr i ce bread since the advance in the cern markets has been 3d. a p T „ , n on . Wilts Herald. POLICE INTELLIGENCE• MAELBOROUGII-STREET, Mr. brfoi:i;o7),a.Scoteh a;, - fotmetly In the army, ` - etitliils.z at No. 2, Norland:tertace. Netting-hill, was brought before Mr. DYER and M. CitAMBERS, on a peace warrant obtained by hi'S Mrs. bavidson stated, that for a length of time her husband had been in ;he habit of ill-treating her. He would seize her by tEe throat sometimes, and hold her with such force that she was in danger of being choked. When the warrant had been obtained the defendant had committed an assault of this description upon her. In addition to this ill usage her husband did not allow proper necessaries for the support of herself and family. For many months he had not contri buted a single sixpence for this purpose. He was likewise in the habit of treating his youngest son very badly, and occa sionally chaining him up, and fastening him into a room for a length of titre. Mr. Davidson denied the charge of assault made by his isifv, and ass .rted that the differences between his family and h mself had arisen from his inability to maintain them in that station in which they had originally been brought up. H. had held the rank of Lieutenant, and had been subjected to a protracted Court-martial, but he had been acquitted of the charge of which he had been accused. He bad, however, sol.l his commission, and his circumstances were not so flourishing now as they had been sometime ago. The little boy corroborated his mother's statement, as did the eldest daughter also, who, it appeared, supported the whole family, es she said, by a theatrical engagement. Her fa:her, however, insinuated that her funds were derived from a less pure source. Mr. CHAMBERS, after paying a compliment to the young lady, ordered her father to put in bail to keep the peace. HATTON-GA RDEN. OMNIBUS ACCIDENT. —Fossey, the driver of an omnibus, was charged with driving over Mrs. Mead, whose life, from the injuries she has received, is much despaired of. Three witnesses Mere examined, and proved that on Satur day evening, the prusccutrix alighted from the Atlas omnibus, opposite the church in Islington ; and in endeavouring to reach the footpath, the defendant drove his vehicle against her, and she was knocked down and trampled upon by the horses, and the carriage passed over her. The Magistrates remanded the prisoner until Tuesday week, and intimated their readiness to take bail for his appearauce on that day. Tlll', SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1838. WORSHIP-STREET. CURIOVS CASE.--James Begging and Ann Bermingham, alias Powell, were placed at the bar, charged under the fol lowing circumstances:— It appeared that the female prisoner was first given into custody by her partner in trouble, who charged her with has rubbed him of four sovereigns ; but whilst the charge was being booked at the station-house the male prisoner ex hibited such nnequivocal symptoms of drunkenness, by toss ing his money about and committing other extravagances, that Inspector Yonge also ordered him to be locked up. Towards morning, when the fumes of the liquor he had taken were somewhat dispelled, he expressed a wish to withdraw the charge he had made, and appeared so anxious on the subject that the Inspector's suspicions were excited, and he proceeded to the cell where the female prisoner was locked up, and questioned her whether there was any connection between her and her accuser. She immediately answered (evidently smarting under the disagreeable effects of incar ceration) that she was a married woman, and that her ac cuser had seduced her from home, and was then in posses sion of two watches, together with other property, belonging to her husband, that she had carried off with her. She gave the address of the house in which they had since lived, as also that of her husband, and added that her paramour had also stolen her wedding-ring, which she had no doubt was then about him. Vv .... Police-sergeant Palmer, upon this, proceeded to search him, and found upon him a purse containing a number of sovereigns, and on looking closely at the purse, he perceived that a wed ding- rill.. formed one of its sides. The prisoner con f esse d t h a t the ring had belonged to the woman, but declared that she had given it to him as a love token. The husband had by this time been sent for, and on his arrival his worthless wife threw herself into his arms, and with a flood of tears bemoaned her infidelity. The good man was proof, however, against her endearments, upon Ending which she loaded him with impre cations, and declared that he was not worthy of wiping her dear James's shoes. A policeman was despatched to the pri soner's lodgings, and he there found the watches, and some other trifling articles of property belonging to the husband, and the latter was directed to attend at this office in the morning. lie accordingly punctually attended, and stated that he was a tripeman in the ne►ghbourhood, and also kept a beer-shop, which had been managed by his faithless helpmate before she eloped with her fellow prisoner. So far, however, from feel ing any against the latter, he seemed to consider that the injury he had inflicted upon him by participating in robbing him of his property was fully counterbalanced by the service he had rendered him in ridding him of his wife. The worthy Magistrate inquired if there was any evidence to show that the male prisoner had been aware that the pro perty, belonged to the husband ; and there being none such forthcoming, both prisoners were discharged. Whilst the husband was under examination his frail rib made sundry fond attempts at reconciliation; but finding thatbe was proof against her glozing, she clove closely to 4 . her dear James," and they left the office lovingly together. THAMES-OFFICE. STABRING.-John Selby, a lighterman, was brought before Mr. BRODERIP for final examination, on a charge of feloniously cutting and wounding Thomas Barlow, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. The facts, as they appeared in evidence, were these :—On the evening of Monday, the 27th ult., the prisoner, who is a very quarrelsome blackguard, and has been repeatedly in cus tody for various outrages, fasteded a quarrel on an old man named Boutcher, a bargeman, in the Regent's Canal-dock, and called him by some very opprobrious epithets. Bout cher's son said he would not see his father abused in that manner, and the prisoner struck him. Blows were ex changed, and the prisoner, getting the worst of the fight, pulled out a knife from his waistcoat pocket, and exclaimed, " I'll rip the guts out of any man that interferes with me," and at the same time rushed towards John B outcher, and attempted to stab him. The blow was avoided, and the prisoner commenced flourishing the knife to the great terror of every one present. At length the prosecutor Barlow, a dock constable, went behind the prisoner and pinioned him. The prisoner, however, shook him off; and, during the scuffle which took place, Barlow seized the handle of the knife, which the prisoner drew across his hand, cnd then cut him twice across the arm, at the same time ex claiming, " You b—, you have g o t it I" The prosecutor's left arm was deeply cut, and the muscles were divided. The prosecutor fainted from loss of blood, but soon recovered, and grapp'cd Kith the prisoner, who got him down, and got his toe in his mouth. The prosecutor in his agony called out, " For God's sake, help me, he's biting my toe I" and the by standers fell upon the prisoner, and were so indignant at his cruelty, that they almost beat him to death. He was carried to the hospital in a state of insensibility, and for some days his life was despaired of. On Saturday he was su fficiently re covered to be brought before the Magistrate, who remanded him until yesterday, when the above facts were elicited. The prosecutor has been in a very bad state ever since be was wounded, end appeared with his arm in a sling. Mr. Daniel Russ, surgeon, of High-street, Shadwell, said he dressed the prosecutor's wound on the 27th of August. T: e musics of the left fort arm were completely divided, and the left hand was cut. A knife was produced, and Mr. Ross said he had no doubt the wounds were inflicted by that instrument. Mr. Hodgson said, as the Magistrate had resolved to com mit the prisoner, he should reserve the defence. Mr. Bnonzetr said the offence charged against the pri soner was no longer punishable with death, but the Legisla ture had Eub.tituted a very severe punishment, which the pri soner must expect if he was found guilty of the very serious crieee which the witnesses had sworn to. He committed the prisoner for trial. The investigation excited a good deal of interest, arising out of the notoriety which the prisoner has obtained for acts of brutality along shore. He has long been the terror of the Traceably dispoaed on tip river, and has frequently used the knife in a most savage way. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—OiI Monday last a dreadful accident happened to a fine child, about two years of age, belonging to a farmer in the neighbourhood of Ruttier glen. It appears that the farmer had been preparing food fur the cattle in a large boiler stationed outside the house, and teat the infant, in the absence of the parent, had scrambled up to the ledging of the vessel, and tumbled into the boiling contents, and perished. The poor creature was not missed till some time afterwards, when the farmer, on proceeding to supper the horses,. put a sh ove l i nto the boiler, and was horror-struck at perceiving a portion of human flesh adhering to the instrument. The dreadful truth then flashed across his mind that it was that of his own child, and subsequent investigation fully realized his worst apprehensions, for the bones of the infant were taken out completely denuded of flesh. The feelings of the parents may b e conce i ved, but will not admit of description—the mother being in a state of distraction ever since the catastrophe.—Scotsman. On Saturday morning, between one and two o'clock, Mr. Reynolds, a most active constable of Clerkenwell, was waylaid in Bagnigl;c Wells-road, by six ruffians, who beat Hal with blwigeons in a most dreadful manner, lacerating his h 'ad arid face frightfully in a number of places. The attack wis ••larldcn, and Mr. Reynolds was with the first blow felled to the ground, and at once rendered incapable of defence. Al though he repeatedly celled out for help, no one came to him, and his murderous a;sailant.s escaped. The foll ow i ng i s the cause of tie outrage :—The Churc hwardens of Clerkenwell h tve, within the last fortnight , broke n u p a n umber of dens of the most infamous description in that p arish, and prosecuted awarded the keepers s n'tifenthecesm v a a t ry t the fromeMiddlesex re three Sessions,which Court months in the If ruse of Correction. Mr. Reynolds was employed in root ing out these sinks of iniquity, and gave evidence on the trials, for (Join, which his life %am sought. Mr. Reynolds, in the course tf the day, came to Hatton-Garden Office, and several olcers volunteered their assistance tJ bring to justice the ruffians. The Longridge estate, the propel tv of Major O r d e , which was the susject of negociation . between M r . H odgson [Lode and Mr. Orde, s ome time prior to the Berwi c k elec t'on, as our readers may remember, was brought to the ham mer on Wedm sday last, at the George Inn, Newcastle, and was purchased by Mr. William Mather, Esq., of that town. —Berwick Warder. THE ARMY. (From the United Service Gazette.) CAVALRY. 31 Dragoon Guards—Colonel Story is about to retire from the command. Major Maunsell is expected to succeed him in the Lieutenant-Colonelcy, and Captain Arthur is to get the Majority. sth Dragoons—The accounta have beer submitted to the inspcctiou of an agent from the War-of:Hee, vi'io was sent down Fpecially. INFANTRY. 11th Foot—lt was stated last week that Colonel Goldie had been recalled from Canada to assume the command in New Brunswick. This is an error, the Colonel not having been to Canada. On Sir John Harvey's being summoned to Que bec, the temporary command of the province devolved upon Colonel Goldie ; upon Sir John's return to Fredericton, Co lonel Goldie resumed the command of his corps, which, we a-e happy to be enabled to assert, is in the best possible state of effi ciency for service, notwithstanding their having been shifted about front pilar to post. The order for the return of this giment to England in the spring is countermanded for the p.escW. 18th—The depot arrived in Dublin, from Newbridge, on Tuesday, and took up quarters at Beggar's Bush Barrack till embarkation. 24th—Major Townsend has resigned the command of the Niagara district to Lieut -Colonel Booth 43d. 33d—The depot embarked at Dublin on board the Earl of Roden (steamer) on Tuesday, for Borowstont s. The draft for Gibraltar consists of one field officer (Brevet Lieut.-Col. Sir Edward Brackenbury), one ensign, one sergeant, and 30 ran:: and file. 36th—Captain Trollope is appointed Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster-General at Barbadoes, vice Captain Martin, 76th. 42d—Lieut.-Colonel Middleton has resumed the command of the Ro3al Highlanders in Dublin. 47th—The depot has been removed from Portsmouth to Jersey, and relieved the second battalion of the 60th. The second division of the depot embarked on Wednesday afternoon in the Atalanta (hired steamer), for Jersey, having been re lieved by the first division of the second battalion of the 60th. 48th—The service companies at Fermoy, under Lieut.. Col. Bell, received the route to march on Tuesday for Cork, to embark immediately for Gibraltar, but a countermand was re ceived on Sunday, and they will not in consequence move into Cork before next Tuesday. 56th—The depot, now at Cork, is the strongest in the United Kingdom, being nearly 300 men strong. 66th—A draft is waiting at Cork for embarkation, to join in Canada. 71st—Major Lord A. Lennox is returning home from Ca. nada to command the depot, which proceeds in the ensdng spring from this country to Scotland. 73d—Major Lloyd has arrived at Cork to take the com mand of the drafts ordered to proceed in the Athol to Quebec. 83d—A draft was embarked in the Athol on Tuesday for Quebec. Royal Artillery—Captain J. S. Rich, h. p., Sub-Inspector of Kerry, is ordered from Tralee to Rathkeale, as successor to the late William Smith, Esq., Sub-Inspector of the Consta bulary in Limerick, in which Captain Rich will fix his quarters. AN ANTI-TEE-TOTALLER.--There is a man in the employ of Messrs. Green and Kershaw, corn millers, of Halifax, of the name of William Luty, wh o for the last six years and three hundred days (Sundays excepted) has walked from the top of Elland to Halifax and back at night daily, being a distance of seven miles, and consumed not less than a gallon of the essence of John Barleycorn each day; thus completing a distance of 15,204 miles, and drinking sixty barrels and two-thirds of ale of thirty-six gallons each.— Halifax Guardian. THE LATE FRIGHTYUL OCCURRENCE IN ALD GATII CHURCHYARD. —Yesterday a highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of St. Botolph's, Aldgate, was held at Aldgate Church, for the purpose of taking into:consideration the best means of raising a subscription for the relief of the distressed widows and orphans of the two unfortunate men who fell victims to the foul air generated in the newly-made grave in Aldgate Churchyard en Friday morning last. A Committee was appointed to receive subscriptions, and before the meeting separated about 501. was collected. Sir James Shaw gave 51. It was stated that the widows and children of both the men who perished are in great distress ; it was stated farther, that the young man, Ludditt, had on previous occa sions saved more than one person from almost certain death. DUBLIN THEATRE ROYAL.—On Wednesday the combination of musical talent, in the persons of Madame Per siani, Signors Rubini, Nigri, and Emiliani, attracted a nume rous and brilliant audience to the theatre. There was a grand vocal and instrumental concert, comprising some of the choicest productions of Bellini, Rossini, and Donizetti. Persiani and Rubini were in magnificent voice, and so intense was the de light which their equisite execution communicated, that every piece was rapturously encored. The first and third acts of Donizetti's opera of Lucia di Lammermoor, Madame Persiani as Lucia, and Signor Rubini as Edgardo, concluded the even. ing's amusements. —Dublin Evening Mail. THB APPROACHING FESTIVAL AT GLOUCES TER.—This festival promises to eclipse all the former efforts of the three choirs ; neither exertions nor expense having been spared to render it as attractive in all its arrangements as possible. It is, moreover, the only musical festival on an ex tensive scale likely to be bold in the provinces this year, and consequently engages a larger share of public attention. Indeed, the enormous expenses attendant upon the getting up of these music meetings are enough to deter their warmest advocates from attempting any thing of the kind; even the large com mercial towns appear afraid and are wholly silent. The gentry of our own county, notwithstanding the largeness of the per sonal responsibility which they incur, and with the losses of former years upon record to damp their ardour, have nobly determined that the triennial festival which they are in turn this year called upon to observe, shall be conducted on a scale of splendour unsurpassed by any previous meeting, and we heartily trust that the liberality of the stewards' example will communicate itself among the visitors, and that a correspond ing effect will be found to result, especially in the collections for the charity, which, we hope, will surpass those of former years as much in amount as does the meeting in its musical attractions.— Cheltenham Looker-on. An inquest was held yesterday in Bond-street on the body of Mr. Wilkinson, foreman to a builder in North street, Red Lion-square. A witness deposed that himself, the deceased, and others were at work at the house of Dr. Stone, in Clifford-street, New Bond-street. The deceased was superintending the painters, and was painting the interior of the skylight at the top of the house above the well staircase, whilst so engaged he was standing on the top of a pair of steps which were placed on a plank about a foot in width. Witness was at work at a short distance from him, the steps gave way, and the deceased with the steps was precipitated down the well staircase to the lower part of the lottilding, a height of nearly fifty feet. He was taken up apparently life less, and in a shockingly mutilated condition. He died in about ten minutes after the fall. Deceased was quite sober at the time. Verdict—Accidental Death."' ACCIDENT TO LORD ROLLE.—OR Tuesday last Lord Rolle had attended the Sessions at Woodbury, and was returning to Bicton, driving himself in a four-wheel pi wton. When about half way home the carriage broke, the fore-part dislodging itself from the hind part, so that the horse was se parated from the carriage—the body of the carriage over turning and falling on Lord Rolle, by which his Lordship dis. located his shoulder, and was overwise bruised. A messenger was immediately despatched to Bicton for the carriage (his Lordship sitting on the bank the while), when he proceeded home, and the dislocation was reduced. We may add that the servant, who was sitting on the dickey, was thrown a consider able distance. We are glad to be enabled to state that up to last night the Noble Lord was doing particularly well, without any fever or dangerous symptoms whatever.— Western Times, Sept. 7. A few nights ago an attack was made upon a house on the Place du Trone, at Paris, inhabited by the Baroness G—, whose husband was absent on business. Two men introduced themselves into the garden, while a third stationed himself on the wall next the Rue de Picpus, in order to keep watch during the operations of his comrades. The Baroness being aroused from her sleep by the noise made in the garden, rose softly and went to the window, which she gently opened, and distinctly saw three men attempting to effect a forcible entry into a roem on the ground floor. With great courage and presence of mini the lady seized a pair of loaded pistols belonging to her husband, and fired both simultaneously at the robbers, who returned the fire from the garden ; a ball from one of their pistols passing through the window, and lodging in the ceiling of the apartment, immediately above the Baroness's head. The alarm having been given, the servants of the hoaie rushed into the garden in pursuit of the three malefactors, who, however, succeeded in making their escape. The next morning the Baroness made her declaration to the judicial authorities, who immediately ordered measures to be taken for the protection of her person and property, especially as two similar attacks had, at a short interval between each other, been made upon her house subsequent l y to the la tter end of June. On both of these former occasions the Baroness had acted with the same resolution displayed by her on the last-mentioned attack, firing in both cases upon the robbers, one of whom she had on the second attempt severely wounded. —Galignani's Messenger. At Guildhall yesterday a number of tailors as sembled to hear a complaint mide by a Mr. Kaye. a slopseller, in Aldersgate-street, against a journeyman named Marshal, for absenting himself without giving a week's warnine-. In de fence it was show n t hat Mr. Ka y e was in the habit of dig. c h a rging his men without notice. The Magistrate said, that whatever might ix:. the custom of the trade, Mr. Kaye ap ucate4 to have established a custom in his house of dispensing with notice, and he must abide by it. He, therefore, dis missed the complaint. ✓ EFFECT OF RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—Mr. Mori, toffether with Madame Cris', Madame Albertazzi, La blah' Ivanoff, Sze gave a concert on M on d ay at Binning hame;ethe following evening they Ferrol med in Manchester; on Wednesday evening they gave a concert in Liverpool ; on Thursday another in Manchester; last evening another in Liverpool, and to-night (Saturday) they give a second con cert in Birmingham. They have thus visited the two greatest towns in the north of England, and the capital of the midland counties twice in the course of six days, and remained two nights in each town, during a space of time nearly one-half of which, under the old s)stcm or, travelling, w ou ld h ave b een alone consumed on th e road.—Liverpool Chronicle. Tracheotomy, or opening of the wind-pipe, has in soveral instances in this neighbourhood been resorted to with r rfect success. Very recently two valuable horses have been savt.d by this mode of treatment.—Sussex Express. SPORTING IN TELL IGEN CE. TATTER S A Ll,' S—YEsrrnner. In the attendance yesterday afternoon there was a marked im provement, and business, comparatively speaking, was tolerably in teresting. lon had many friends, and at one time %vas backed as low as 20 to 9, the Attire. and Lanercost parties, however, came out in such force, that he lost a little ground, the closing prices being 9 to 4, or takers of sto 2. Two or three persons laid sto 1 agst. Don John, but the takers Were plentiful and the " old stagers" offered only 4to I. Cobham was backed at LO to lin good quarters, and a roulcau was laid out on Pucelle at 16 to 1, her final price being three points less. The " Gallant Grey" and Albemarle were not in favour, and Appleton Lad received a knock-down blow. Saint foin, who made his appearance on Thursday last, rose to 20 to 1, of takers of 22 to 1. The general odds at the close were -9 to 4 agst Colonel Peel's lon—take 5 to 2 4 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John—take 5 to 1 7 to I agst Mr. Parkins's Lanereost—take 15 to 9 to l agst Doke of Cleveland's Alzira—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham—taken 13 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle filly—take 14 to 1 14 to 1 agst Lord G. lientinek's Grey Momus—offered 20 to I agst Mr. Thornhill's Saintfoin—offered 30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Gilbert Gurney—offered 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Bosves's The Jagger.—•taken 125 to 50 agst Don John and Lanereost THP LATE GOOD WOOD STAKES. The gentlemen, to whoin the objection made to Mr. Theobald's receiving the Stakes was referred, have expressed an opinion that Loutherbourg is not bred as represented ; the matter, however, is still in abeyance, Mr. Theobald having appealed to the Jockey Club, by whom it will be re-heard and decided in one or the ensu ing October Meetings at Newmarket. STIRLING RA9ES.—TaUISDLY. The Forth Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with 20 added from the Racing Fund. T. Y. C. Mr. H. Wilson's b. f. Constance, 3 yrs, Bsl. 71b......... ..Noble 1 Mr. Anson's b. c. Lascelles, 3 yrs, Bst. 10113 2 Won in a canter. A Superb Silver Tea Service, the gift of Lady Louisa Forbes and the Hon. Mrs. Ramsay, added to a stake of 5 sovs. each. Two miles. Sir Jas. Boswell's eh. m. Burletta, 6 yrs, Bst. 101 b ......Holmes 1 Mr. Ramsay's br. h. Despot, aged, Bst. 121 b.. Won very easily. The Members' Plate of 50 sovs., the gilt of the Hon. G. R. Aber cromby. Heats, once round and a dis. Sir J. Boswell's ch. m. Burletta, 6 yrs, 9st. 21b Holmes 1 I Mr. Ramsay's b. g. Luther, 5 yrs, Bst. 121 b Mr. Greig's b. m. Superfine, aged, 9st. 21b 3 dr Won easy. The Glasgow Cup of 50 sovs., added to a stake of 5 sovs each, p.p. ; for three-yr-olds, ist. 71b ; four yrs, Bst. 91b ; five yrs, 9st. 41b ; six yrs and aged, 9st. 121 b. Winners of 501. this year, slbs ; of two, a Gold Cup or Queen's Plate, 71bs ; of three, 101bs. extra. Heats, one mile and a half. 7 Subs. Mr. Merry's ch. c. Bedershin, 4 yrs Edgar 1 1 Mr. P. Stirling's br. m. Lady Lowman, 6 yrs Lord Rothe's ch. c. by Aaron, 3 yrs The Hunters' Stakes of 5 soya. each, p p., with 20 added by W. R. Ramsay, Esq., free for any horse that has been regularly hunted, tcc. ; four years old, II st. 41b ; five years, 12st ; six years and aged, list. 71b ; thorough-bred horses, 71b. extra. Heats, once round. 8 Subs. Mr. J. Laing's ch. G. Birthday, by Percy, 5 yrs —Owner 1 1 Sir J. Boswell's br. g. Worthy, 6 yrs ... ... 2 2 The following also started :—Mr. Young na. br. m. Princess, by Richard, 6 yrs; Mr. Nelson's b. m. Fair Ellen (h. b.) aged; Mr. Merry's ch. g. Patriot, 5 yrs; Mr. Curran's b. g. Soldier, aged; Mr. Bennie's ch. g. The Laird's Brother, aged. Won cleverly. FRIDAY. The Burgh Stakes of 5 soy; each, with 25 added by the Right Hon. Lord Dalmeny, M.P. Heats, two miles. 5 Subs. Mr. Merry's ch. c. Bedershin, 4 yrs Mr. Ramsay's b. g. Centurion, 5 yrs, Bst. 111 b 3 1 2 Sir J. Boswell's ch. m. Burletta, 6 yrs, 9st The Stirling Plate of 50 sous. The winner to be soli for 200 sous. Mile and a half heats, Mr. Ramsay's b. g. Luther, 5 yrs, Bst. 21b ... 1 1 Mr. Berry's br. m. Florentia, 5 yrs, Bst. 21b Mr. P. Stirling's br. m. Lady Lowman, 6 yrs, Bst. 71b 3 3 The Callendar Stakes of 3 sous. each, 1 ft., and 50 added by Wm. Forbes, Esq. Heats, once round. 9 Subs. Mr. J. Laing's Birthday, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b 6 1 1 Lord Rothes' ch. c. by Aaron, 3 yrs, 7st. 51b... ......... Mr. Ramsay's ch. c. Nubian, 3 yrs, ist. 51b Sir Wm. Scott's b. c. by Beagle, 3 yrs, 7st. 51b Mr. Bennie's ch. g. The . Laird's Brother, aged, Bst. 101 b 3 5 dr Mr. Wilson's b. f. Constance, 3 yrs, 7st. 81b ... 4 0 dr The Tradesmens' Cup, with a Sweepstakes added, the winner to be sold for 120 soya., heats, once round, was won in two heats by Mr. Young na. br. m. Princess, 6 yrs, beating Mr. P. Stirling's Forrester, aged, and Mr. Thompson's Preston, aged. The Farmers' Plate, added to a Sweepstakes, heats once round, was won in three heats by Mr. Nelson's Fair Ellen, beating Mr. Curran's Soldier and 31r. P. Green's The Unknown. TVILMSLOW RACES.- TUESD.Ir . The Ladies' Purse of SO says., heats, twice round, was won in two heats by Mr. Gore's ch. f. Gullivar, beating two others. WEJINESDAT. The Manchester Stakes, with 15 soy,. added, heats, twice round and a distance, were won in two heats by Mr. Lamb's b. m. The Lady, beating two others. The Gentlemen's Purse of 50 soya., heats, twice round and a distance, was wen in two heats by Mr. Grundy's Lady Blessington, beating three others. TIIIIRSDAY The Innkeepers' Purse of 50 sous., heats, twice round and a dis tance, was,vron in two heats by Mr. 3larlow's Fair-Play, beating Erin-go-I3ragh and Gtillivar ; and the Handicap, in two heats, by Mr. Lakin's St. John, beating the same. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrival-Sept. 10, The Macassar, Giescke, from Batavia, off Falmouth, bound to Rotterdam, sailed the 14th May, and St. Helena, 13th July. Arrivals at the Mauritius.-The Apprentice, Cadenhead, May 22, from the Cape ; the Jean Graham, Thornton, May 23, from Liverpool ; the William Lockerby, Parker, May 24, from the Cape; the Caledonia, Symers, May 24, from Bom bay ; the Palmer, Francis, May 24, from Marseilles ; the Juste, Bowen, May 22, from Granville ; the Comet, Miller, from Autongel Bay ; the Radama, Coffey, May 22, from Bourbon ; the Euphrasia, Paget, May 23, from Calcutta ; the Pasquita, Henrichen, May 24, from Calcutta, and sailed the 25th for Bourbon ; the Soliel, Morrice, May 26, from Marseilles, and sailed the 28th for Bourbon ; the Manchester, Harris, June 5, from Maranset ; the Earl of Clare, Scott, June 5, from Calcutta; the Johanna, Gerard, June D, and Falcon, Papier, June lb, from Furt Dauphin ; the Tiger, Clement, June 5, from Tamatave ; Mouche, Herinette, June 6, and Legere, Goring, June 6, from Seychelles. Departures from the Mauritius -The Augustina, Perry, May 23, for Madras ; Emma, King, May 28, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Lord Elphinstone, Towle, June 5, for Co rings; Margaret, Dixon, June 5, for Moulmein ; Escual dame, Passement,:June 5, for Pondicherry ; Jane Blain, Mac alister, May 9, for Madras; Samuel I?aker, Wild, May 10, for Calcutta; Watkins, Whiteside, May 11, for Singapore ; Diana, Dudman, Miy 11, for London ; Lot d Auckland, Wil ley, May 11, for Madras; Dorothy Gales, Moore, May 11, for Tamatave; Haidee, Symons, May 12, for Madras; Mary Malaby, Gray, May 16, for London (query Calcutta) ; Bel - zoni, Marin, May 23, for Tamatave; Robert le Diable, Le porte, May 23, for Bourbon ; Emma Peckett, May 24, for Singapore; John Panther, Elsdon, May 25, and Mary Eliza, Patterson, May 25, for Calcutta; Olivia, Roome, May 27, for the Cape of Good Hope. Mauritius, June 6.-The Carnatic, Richards, which sailed from hence on the 28th April, for London, has put back with four feet water in the hold, and thrown part of her cargo over board, and must discharge. The Brave, Le G rand, from Bourbon, has put in here leaky. Arrivals at Madeira. -The Malabar, Pollock, Aug. 12, from Plymouth, and sailed for Bombay ; the Raja hstan,- Ritchie, from London and Plymouth, and sailed for South Australia. _ _ ----- Passenger per Barbara, from'Bombay—J. Surcombc, Esq. Passengers per Patriot, from Ceylon and the Cape.—Mr. and Mrs. Robson, Mrs. Burton and child. Yesterday's Government Hue and Cry and Police Gazette contains the particulars of the following daring high way robberies committed during the last week :—On the night of Monday, between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock, as Mr. J. Stanford, a farmer, of Little Hampton, near Eves ham, in the county of Worcester, was returning home he was suddenly attacked on the high road by three men, who vio lently assaulted and robbed him of eleven sovereigns, and three Si. notes of the Herefordshire branch bank, and a hat nearly new. Mr. Stanford has offered a reward of 101. for their apprehension.—On Tuesday night, about nine o'clock, Mr. Robert Dennis, of Gieetham, in the county of Lincoln, was attacked on the highway near Grce tham by four men, who dr.igged him from his horse, end, after beating him severely, robbed him of a leather purse containing a Si. Bank of England note, a sovereign, a half sovereign, and six 101. notes of the Boston bank of Messrs. Gurpet and Co. A reward of 50/. from the trea surer of the Horncastle Old Association for the prosecution of felons, in addition to 501. by Mr. Dennis, has been offered for their apprehension. About eight o'clock on the evening of Thursday last, as Mr. John Palmer, of Up-Lamborne, was ridin g down Woodspeen-hill, near Newbury, in the county of Berks, he was stopped by four men, who, after cruelly beating him and pulling him off his horse, robbed him of live sove reigns, one-t.alf sovereign, six half-crowns, five shil lings, two double-bladed penknives, and a bunch of keys. One of the sovereigns was a new one, of the Victoria coinage. All the men wore jackets, and one of them (who was rather taller than the other three) wore a white hat and a while apron, or smock. frock rol'ed round his body. A reward of 20 guineas, one half from the treasurer of the Lamborne Association, end the other from Mr. Palmer, has been offered for their apprehension. lIOYAL EXCHANGE —Soon after the merchants obtained a place for exchange business in the yard of the Ex cise Office, by leave of the Lords of the Treasury, during the period required for rebuilding - the Royal Exchange, great annoyance, as well as risk to health, was experienced from the want of any sort of shelter in so exposed a situation. A plan was therefore projected to remedy the inconvenience, and a subscription commenced for ca Tying it into effect. A suitable shelter has now been erected with skyliglvs, covering a space of 100 feet by 40, with an ad(li!ional covering to th e eastern passage, which, being open on all sides, does not exclude air, whilst it guards from bad weather. The expense is stated to be about 500/. To render the conveniences more complete, however, it is understood to be in contemplation, should the subscriptions be adequate, of which of course no doubt can he entertained, to make a foot pavement under the covering-, and have gaslights during the short days ; and these improve ments, with further accommodation in various parts of the quadrangle, which may perhaps be obtained, and is r'esrahle, will, it is expected, increase the expense to 7001. It is cal culated that three years will elapse before the New Exchange can be ready. REPORT OF THE I It!SH RAILIVAIC COMMISSIONERS. (From the Railway Times.) We are glad to sue that the Report of the Irish Railwo/ Comm -rs is beginning to he subjected to the severe ordeal of the Press, in almost every part of the empire. The s ubject tr wed of in this able document is a national one of the Li. 4 h .tst importance. Those who would attempt to reduce it! magnitude within the scope of mere party discussions, and make it an atria r of political controversy, must icon tee that ey can hardly advanc e o e step without finding the groun d slip from under them. 's hey will not discover in the Report even a, single exprecosi upon which they can expatiate, either in a conservative or demo..ratical point of view. Lis a pro-- ject of peace fir all vartirs—a project for the encouragem ent of industry—for the profitable investment of capital—for ac cekrating and confirmin , the progress of these islands in e,r.or of pprosperitya. d glory, Which has long attracte d the admiration and the envy <.f the world. The great charm which this Reporf has in our eyes 15, ' IC newness (w e prefer the word to novelty) in many respects. I; suggests inquiries, arising certainly in some respects o ut et o.d ideas, but in other points wholly created by the higher c, urses of thought, the more expanded spheres of a ction, which steam power has opened to the human mind. For i" stance, we cannot h lye read ti is Report without going tc ° consider what are the issues to which we are all hastening, by substituting for horse and wind power this miraculous spe ed f railway intercourse between man and rssan? What will be the results of the solution of that problem which 50 long doubted whether the Americas could be reached by steam: ships from our shores? How backward are they alma* the tide of the new age, who talk of separable interests, al between England and Ireland, at a moment when We may behold communications established between dill' tricts of the two islands, which have brought thrill nearer t) each other than wrs hitherto either of those districts to towns end ports within the the boundary 0., its own coast? It would now be just as foolish to talk oa the dissolutiol of the union of tl e two islands, as it would be o say .bat Yorkshire and Midd'esex must have distinct or ortlament And so with America—the twe Americans —N and :Louth, and the whole of the West India isles. They Ws all be brought, as it were, to our shores. We shall all be c irporated—the Americas, Ireland, and Great Britain---' one great confederacy, which must give law to all the other 0 at ions. Other new ideas, of a more technical nature, are also veloped, partially at least, in this Report. Hitherto it ba been pretty generally assumid, that it is an indispensable re" quisite to the utility of a railway, that it shall be mechanica ll y as perfect as possible—that ir, that let the ;lost be what it may' the line should run as straight as possible, thrTmgh mountains, and across sallies and rivers ; that it should, no oatter at what expense, be as level as possible ; and that t,.. t, e shortest attainable distance should be admitted within the iglu i: h e t mirable Mr. Barlow has produced a series of twelve 11. mirable tables in the Appendix to this Report, altoger efil original, we believe, as to the objects treated in them , which prove that many railways have been hitherto laid down at se expense wholly unnecessary for the transit of the traffic th e l are likely to command. He demonstrates, in fact—to put the thing in a popular point of view—that the traffic now carried on upon cross-roads, which have been constructed with a vies? to mechanical perfection, might have been, with almost equal' or at least quite sufficient speed, carried upon roads less per" feet in a mechanical sense, and, of course, very much less ex' pensive. The practical deductions are—that a road, very short of the utility of one that has cost 1 2, 0001. or 16,000 per mile, might, upon a system of slightly different gradien ts ; have been constructed for half the money; that by a to e pressure of steam, a velocity not much varying from the b i i i t est yet attained, is practicable, and that, consequently, gf'., savings might be effected in fuel, and in the wear of chinery. We should wish to see the attention of engineers directed rather to these tables (see App. pp. 106-109) than to paltry course of attack in which so many of these gentlemen hr.v, thought tit to embark against the Repert. The recer tion which marl of them have given to this most valuable 1)° ,, Y 5 of researches and statistics, is any thing but honourable to 1-- profession to which they belong. We are glad to pee that a small edition of the Report is lle# nounced for publication, under the authority of the Com m ' s/ sioners. It is to contain the Map upon which the lines et. the Commissioners, as well as those of private parties, ar e 11° ,,, down ; and also those parts of the Appendix which tool ou, the immediate elucidation of the Report. The more the he„,., is circulated and read, the more, we are certain, will it be t mired as a monument of industry and talent of the hi g h° kind yet applied to the development of steam agency. A person residing in Russell-street had a t variou: periods missed articles of a light nature in a very way. In vain had be made inquiries for the recovery a t , h e stolen goods, or sought to discover the thief—both one aotiL e d other were equally non est inventus. At last it was notr' r, that the articles, principally consisting of specimens of am. e n , &c., disappeared when the window of the room was left o a p, $ and this being connected with the fact that a neighbour h magpie, the very Turpin of the feathered creation, the e A v o elusion was arrived at that the magpie was the culprit, sol" its it proved. He was tracked to his hiding place, and the SP ° ray sterio.o e recovered. —Brighton Herald. Yesterday afternoon the Great Nassau Ballo o n in made another experimental trip from Vauxhall Gar is t his ocoa the presence of a large assemblage of persons. On sion it was the intention of the aerona u t s , Mr. Rush a nd Mr' C. Green, if possible, togain a far greater elevation t han lbel attained on Tuesday last. g To accomplish this , after being inflated to its greatest distension, was attacheettt; the original car that was first intended for the balloon, ;at the machiri e • sshtch was afterwards found to be too small, differing' in we r o n considerably. The ballast exceeded in its extent th.at use" sis any previous ascent, amounting to 1,7001b5. Shortly • a"er ared o'clock the signal was given, and instantly the bellow ) S ° ,, cr y into the atmosphere in fine style, and soon attained go great altitude. The course was south-easterly. in th'l4 Yesterday evening, an inquest was held Geo , Vestry-hall of St. John's, llorselydown, on the body 01 t he Frederick Sa vage , age d f our t een , w h o w as drowned i n t e l Thames. The f a th er o f th e l a d, wh o is a lighterman, d e t o m. that he saw him l as t a li ve on M on day last on the Custo.v. house quay, wh en h e was i n goo d h ea lth a n d spirits, r d : l l ,el‘ ness told him to go with a boat to Billingsgate, and 0 ;01 as soon as he could, but he never returned. Witness ; ho d not account for his being drowned. He (witness) 119 ",: h iss the misfortune to l ose th ree sons i n the same manner bo fq the last twelvemonths. There was no evidence to SW ° o the lad came into the water. Several of the Jurors , the were employed on the ri ver , gave it as their opinion t ha t t he deceased had fallen nut of the boat and been drawn unti l : numerous craft which lie off the Custom-house and gate. Verdict—Accidental Death. 'l l4 SUNDAY TRAVELLING ON RAILWAYS:" mot number of passengers to and fro between London and W in ids' by the Great Western Railway, on Sunday last, was ti of I,soo.—Reading CROSBY-HALL WINE ESTABLISH— . n • 35, Bishopsgate-street-within.—CURRALL and SON heKtv-:,„Ts vite public notice to their stock of Old Bottled and Draugh t "i f ing Their Crusted Ports are of superier quality and flavour, it h shipped by houses of high reputation at Oporto, and bottled , ° ,4r sedulous attention. Their Sherries also, with every other cles'At% tion of White Wines, are of equal character; and in I ) °% s icr Wine.; the same attention has been paid to quality. Curt's", to Son, being desirous to secure that patronage which articles ° re , first quality, at fair and remunerating profits, will maintaio, spectfully submit the annexed list of cash prices : ro‘ r ' ° PER DOZ. 41. —....--. _ Port, from the wood 2Ss to 338 Rota Tent .................... .. s at Ditto, three years in bottle... 36s C a pe Wi n es ......... ifo ry 03 Ditto, older,rich, and superior 42s Nastiest ........... _. _ Ditto, very ol t l, in woo d and j French and Rhenish Wi g 0 6 00 bottle Sherry, excellent dinner wine 2Ss Pink ditto ditto ............ ••• os Superior ShErries 368 Pink creaming Champagne ••• 79g , Sherry, very tine, pale, and ! White ditto ditto .............. • 6 3, brown 428 to 46s Claret 6OB l e 5 3a Ditto, very delicate, and ex- 'Ditto, in pints tremely pale... 46 V' e Ditto, old brown, (rare quality) b2s'Sauterne 4 1 , to ill o, Madeira Madeira (by way of Calcutta), Wines per Gallon• OS 121 os first quality 63s to GGs Port Ditto, in pints 33s Sherry... ••••••••' 7, to Its Bucellas (finest quality) Lisbon and Mountain ...... ... 30s Marsala ....................... e ' ...... Vidonia (old) Marsala B Atte., 33. per dozen ; hampers, ls.per dozen. ..„„.....1 . ----- .___------ PATENT LEVER WATCH Four and a Half Guineas each. s trac"; A variety of Second-hand W a t c h es , on t hi s ce l e brated c° ra ire llo; tion, with going fuzee, to continue going; while winding "1 3 ',A11 11 5 ' t in tour holes, hand to mark the seconds, hard e namel e oar' other modern improvement., are offer e d a t the above P r r N iate ll ' ranted, at COX SAVORY'S , Jew e ll er , Sil v ersmith, an" A t tfcm . m:ilier, 47, Corniiill, Lond on (S even D oors f rom Grac e street). _........-- ._______— of a BIRTHS. On the Bth inst., in Chatham-place, Mr.. An de rson G. daughter. , r , ptai° Oct the 7th last., at liologne-sur-Mer, the lady 0 , -.3. t he Turman, R.N., of a son and heir. rheshire, On the 6th inst., at the Parso a - Daresbury, n ge, of a lady of the Rev. Chat les Dodgson, of a son. bill' On the 9th inst., Mr. Charles :decking, of Holborn- Dirs' son. On the 9th inst., in Gl ouces t er - p l ace, Portman-square' ___--------- George Richard Grilliths, of a son. --- --- ' 211 *o .4 1111IED. fiat- g o rati daug h. On the Sth inst., a t T oxtet h Park, near Li ver pool, nett, EN., of ::;reat St. Helen's, Lontkri, to Janet, Ye iill g eit /3 a zet- , ter of Joseph Mondel, Esq., of the former place. On the sth inst., at Cheltenham, Lieutenant C . of the 9th Regiment of Bengal Stead' Charles I ' ieu t ' W. 'l'. Garrett, of the Bengal ' Artillery. Cavalry, to Harriot, re lic : ° : ste . hire, p a tric _bar. On the 4th inst., at Hermitage Duinbartonq. ,__ o f kW Esq., Great Yarmouth, Norfo . lk, 'to Suianna, tlaugla-e i- Fulton Alexander, Es q , o: Hermitage. On the Fth inst., at St. Pancras Nev Church, place. Esq., of Kentish-town, to Miss Taylor, of the same place. Smith, _ - DIED. es, Lately, at h er residence, .Northurnberland . st reet, Isecas $0,0172: inn-Tyric, much an d d eserve dl y respected, Miss StecilePoieraudi 0 surviving daught er o f t h e l a t e John Stecley, E S q" of that town. o at ITO the ___ , ( a )ll the 30th ult. (having a( ci.lent7y fallen from a e t l ' o or past k, third of Ur. p my), Ch ar l es p re d m d ............._... Coruhill and Hampton Wick, aged 20. e l - I & ----- TTDIG. • __..isr London : P r i n t e d an d P u bli s h e d by !HURD° YO - . t he ea.— , 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strati 111 of Middlesex.—Tuesday, September 11, 1638. :It